{
  "id": 1686146,
  "title": "Cody Gakpo Siblings: Meet Sidney and Ducferre Gakpo",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/cody-gakpo-siblings-meet-sidney-and-ducferre-gakpo",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-18T10:18:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KahawaTungu",
    "slug": "kahawatungu",
    "url": "https://kahawatungu.com/cody-gakpo-siblings-meet-sidney-and-ducferre-gakpo/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Cody Gakpo, the Dutch professional footballer, was born on 7 May 1999 in Eindhoven, Netherlands, and plays as a left winger or centre-forward for Premier League club Liverpool and the Netherlands national team. He is the son of Johnny Gakpo, who was born in Togo and has Ghanaian ancestry, and Ank Gakpo, a former Dutch rugby player who later worked as a teacher. Cody has two older siblings, Sidney and Ducferre Gakpo. Sidney, born on 24 July 1993, played football at amateur and lower levels, including with clubs linked to the Eindhoven area, and has been involved in supporting Cody's career, sometimes acting in an advisory or agent-related capacity. Ducferre, Gakpo's younger brother, has played in local youth setups, including around FC Eindhoven.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}